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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Creatures of Nightmares

Chapter 21 (I think)

Apollo had been summoned by his father and was speaking to him most of the morning. Then he went to his room, alone. Until someone had started to contact him. He answered.

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Shadow was pacing around his room. -Get out of my head!- he snarled to himself, shaking it furiously. -“This isn’t you. You are Ridley, not Shadow.”-

Shadow looked at an ancient vase in his room and flung it on the wall, shattering it.

He was breathing hard and angry. He flexed his claws as he continued pacing.

-Just stop. You mean nothing to me.

“Oh, but I do. I created you.”

I don’t care if you’re the ‘power of the beyond’! Just get OUT!

“You won’t stay like this forever.”

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!!!!-

Shadow snarled and snapped and broke everything he could find in his room.

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A few hours later:

Apollo stepped out of his room with a feeling of nervousness, sadness, and excitement all at the same time. Mostly sadness.

A black wolf approached him. “I know you wanted to get the dungeon key last night.”

Apollo swallowed nervously. “And..?”

“Let’s rescue your friends.”

Apollo looked at the wolf. “Your Ridley’s brother.. you contacted me.”

“Yes. Now let’s go!”

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Apollo silently contacted Astra and she appeared outside with him. “Ready?”

Astra nodded. She didn’t look translucent in the snow.

“Father! Astra’s out!”

Shadow came running outside and spotted her. She smirked and ran. Shadow snarled and began pursuing her. Apollo nodded through a window as the black wolf unlocked the dungeon. Reign, Pax, and Prince ran out. Astra came after she had led Shadow away.

“Arrrrghhhhhh!!!!!!!” Shadow roared as she disappeared. The five wolves were gone. They had escaped.

But Shadow began pursuing them.

A voice spoke in Apollo’s head as he followed the other four wolves. -“It’s time.”-

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